To be a gentlemen

[Wolfala]

Excellent replies so far guys. Tex - I learned the most from yours - very insightful.

Wolf

[RedTop]

I'll give 's to anyone that I had a good fight with. they don't back then ok. They do then Ok. Sometimes we may even talk about it for a few lines of text if they are on 200.

If I anyone it is out of respect I promise ya.

Ole Saying...

Some Will..Some Won't..So What...NEXT!!!!!

[nirvana]

I will .S or who initiates it in fact I got couple and a .S from the rooks tonight, not that I deserved it, heck i'm a horrible pilot its usually luck when I kill someone.  So I did it back to them 1v1 they were good fights.

[Murdr]

Originally posted by Aubrey
I would  salute the guys I shoot down, but I am not completely sure if that is the right thing to do. I really do not want to p off someone by mistake.  

One time I fought USgolfer, heh he schooled me in about a min and a half, He saluted me and that felt good. I thought hey I actually may have impressed him. So I don't know you guys tell me.

If I shot down someone in what I considered a good fight.  I often fire off a simple so quickly that the said guy has no doubt I am saluting him.  By not broadcasting their name, there is no misintepretation that you are being cocky or a wise arse.  

Or you can just tell them "great fight " or "nice flying".  In my experience often the resulting exchange ends with salutes.

[mechanic]

the 'faux ' is just a means of friendly communication between friends. if you dont have any friends in AH, i suppose an could seem sour...

i have never given an without meaning it in kindness and respect.

i think Tilt's quote in Shane's sig somes it up for me.

if I've fought hard against someone i'll happily call it off when they are no longer able to fight, but never expect them to do the same for me through obligation.

losing and not letting it drag you down is one very small step.

winning and not taking the 'coup de grace' is a very liberating feeling and something that takes a certain mindset to accomplish.


I remember in AH1 i was in my 'crutchride' spitV and got bouced by two zekes.

the first zeke dived on me and his wingman stayed 2-3k above us, clearly not engaging.

we fought it out for 3 mins or so, this zeke and I, eventually he got my oil and engine in one hit. instead of crawling up on my tail to finish me he broke off and climbed to rejoin his wingman.

He was one of the Japanese early crew, i forget his name.

He typed three words:

'land safe spitfire'





that was a defining moment for me in regard to what AcesHigh should be.

And of how a gentleman pilot behaves.

[Darkish]

On the other hand, had a great duel against a spit today in my new found love; the 109-G2.  After what must have been a 5 min fight from 15k to the deck I finally managed to land some rounds on him, removing one wing from the rest of his plane.

After wiping the sweat from my brow and calming the nerves with a slurp of tea: the salute was duly dispatched for the best fight of the year so far, only to see in the buffer - "user so & so not online"..... I feared for his dog.

[Pongo]

Originally posted by Murdr
If I shot down someone in what I considered a good fight.  I often fire off a simple so quickly that the said guy has no doubt I am saluting him.  By not broadcasting their name, there is no misintepretation that you are being cocky or a wise arse.  

Or you can just tell them "great fight " or "nice flying".  In my experience often the resulting exchange ends with salutes.

if you just type .s does it salute with no name?

[Murdr]

No .s has to be followed by a game ID of someone who is currently online.

Guess I dont often run into a situation where the person is not already tuned to 200.

[Heiliger]

Originally posted by Tarmac
Don't forget that a lot of people squelch 200 because of all the mouth feces.  They might not even get your salute.  

If you don't get a from me, that's why...